Deaths by...
40 Notable deaths
by execution by shooting
Arndt Pekurinen
Finnish pacifist (1905–1921).
Born August 29th, 1905 in Juva.
Died November 5th, 1941 at 36 years old in Kalevalsky District (execution by shooting).
Josef Mašín
Czech general (1896-1942).
Born August 26th, 1896 in Lošany. [ref]
Died June 30th, 1942 at 45 years old in Prague (execution by shooting). [ref]
Froduald Karamira
Rwandan politician executed (1947-1998).
Born August 14th, 1947 in Gitarama Province.
Died April 24th, 1998 at 50 years old in Nyamirambo (execution by shooting).
Eero Haapalainen
Finnish politician.
Born October 27th, 1880 in Kuopio.
Died November 27th, 1937 at 57 years old in Petrozavodsk, Sulazhgora (execution by shooting).
Yakov Yakovlev
Soviet politician (1896-1938).
Born June 21st, 1896 in Hrodna.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 42 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (execution by shooting).
Georgii Karpechenko
Russian botanists (1899-1941).
Died July 28th, 1941 at 42 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (execution by shooting).
Yevgeny Polivanov
Soviet linguist and orientalist (1891–1938).
Born March 12th, 1891 in Smolensk.
Died January 25th, 1938 at 46 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (execution by shooting).
Nikolai Gorbunov
Soviet politician.
Born June 21st, 1892 in Krasnoye Selo.
Died September 7th, 1938 at 46 years old in Moscow (execution by shooting).
Józef Marcinkiewicz
Polish mathematician.
Born March 30th, 1910 in Cimoszka.
Died April 5th, 1940 at 30 years old in Kharkiv (execution by shooting).
Valerian Pidmohylny
Ukrainian writer (1901–1937).
Born February 2nd, 1901 in Pysarivka.
Died November 3rd, 1937 at 36 years old in Sandarmokh (execution by shooting).
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